substantive
Example Sentences
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Under 5200, a full medical evaluation is required with a multidisciplinary team, “and it also requires a coordinated care plan on discharge,” raising “the hope of leading to something substantive.”
From Los Angeles Times
Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov cut a less downbeat tone, saying the discussions had been "substantive and intensive" and that while there had been progress, no details could be disclosed "at this stage".
From BBC
“After careful review and consideration of the comments, DOJ did not make any substantive changes to the proposed regulations,” the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times
She added: “I do not have the technical expertise to make any sort of substantive changes to anything.”
From Los Angeles Times
Bovino was pushed into retirement after the killings of Good and Pretti, but as Salon’s Jason Kyle Howard argued, this was a cosmetic shift meant to disguise that there is no “substantive change in policy.”
From Salon
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